Prime Meats edges closer and closer to becoming a full-fledged food-serving restaurant; last night they were serving a German-inflected bar menu (heavy on the cheeses, charcuterie and spaetzle) until 11 p.m. We had the Vesper Brett, a rustic wooden plank of five cured meats (including pork belly and buttery soft "uncooked" bacon—basically,...
South East Asian mega-restaurant Pranna (E. 28th and Madison Ave.) will unveil its deliriously, kaleidoscopically flavor-packed new cocktail program next Wednesday, April 29, and the 13 drinks—created by the booze geniuses at Contemporary Cocktails—are basically insane. Reading the menu, with all its tropical fruits and dragons and w...
It's cheesy but it sounds tasty, so we'll point out that Indian restaurant Darbar is currently serving an Indian-inflected cocktail called the Slumdog Millionaire. Cute. Specialty Indian cocktails are few and far between, however, and we imagine it might make a more glamorous debut without being hitched conveniently to a movie. But oh well! Here...
If you're like me, your Oscar-watching experience will be 1) going over to someone's house, 2) drinking too much and 3) talking about the dresses. So, mostly an excuse to drink and eat. So: Merge your paltry Oscar-appreciation energy with your robust passion for alcohol, in the form of movie-themed cocktail recipes from restos around the city (c...
It seems like just yesterday Valentine's Day meant making cards for the whole class and getting a hug from your mom. Now it means drinking yourself into a stupor and/or spending upwards of $100 dollars on an overpriced dinner. Huh!
Anyway, the Russian Tea Room is the most recent arrival to the cash-in-on-Valentine's-Day table, with their mini-m...
The "new booze" is Mekhong (marketed as "The Spirit of Thailand"), which is a Thai liquor made from sugar cane, rice and a special blend of Thai herbs and spices. It's 35% alcohol, and it has a "golden, dark amber and reddish copper appearance and its flavor and aroma is both spicy and sweet with hints of ginger, honey, toffee, vanilla, floral, ...
The cocktail bar in the much-anticipated Frankies 457 extension, Prime Meats, has been open for business the past week or so, although the front door doesn't work yet. It's OK, you just have to go through the (original) restaurant, through their backyard, down a set of stairs, through the not-yet-functional kitchen for the new restaurant and up ...
Valentine's Day drink specials are usually gross ("It's simple, we just marinated a Jolly Rancher in Everclear overnight and garnished it with shredded tinfoil and M&Ms—we're calling it the Sweet Sensuality!"), but some of them actually sound pretty romantic, awww, and tasty. And Bookmarks—the cute and classy bar at the top of th...
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Calling all brides to be! The Betsey Johnson sample sale kicked off this morning with a special surprise: discounted wedding gowns ($800)! Aside from the frilly frocks of white, the sale had tons of day dresses ($50), cocktail gowns ($75), playful baubles, plus a seeminly never-ending selection of purses and plastic cosmetic bags (hello, holiday...
According to Food & Wine Cocktails 2009, F&W's yearly guidebook to what's good in drinking, 14 of the country's 100 best bars are here in NYC. No surprise there. Although the list isn't tremendously creative (bars that involve Sasha Petraske, elegant underground bars, bars that make old-timey cocktails, perennial upscale classics), they'...
